LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PACING PAGB 



There is not a corner on the face of the earth 

 where with soil, sunshine, seed, sinew and 

 sprinkling, one may not have some sort of 



a garden of growing things Frontispiece 



The making of a garden opens to every man a vista 



of the delight of growing lovely things i 



Flats should be filled with one part garden loam 



to one part leaf-mold 16 



After sowing seeds in flats 16 



Watering the flats 17 



Firming the soil of flats 17 



The workshop of a garden beginner 20 



Indoor sowing apparatus. . 21 



A flat of seedlings 22 



Growing salad seedlings in a flat 22 



Melon seedlings grown in a strawberry-box 23 



Melon seedlings five weeks after sowing 23 



Thinning out the plants from hotbeds and coldframes 28 



A garden on a pile of rocks 29 



The rewards of careful cultivation 32 



Redeeming a neglected corner 33 



Seeded garden-beds 36 



Well-pruned trees 37 



